SSE Setup

SSE Setup is a freeware Windows installation creator, looks interesting: works on most Windows OS, 32 and 64 bit, non-admin and UAC-friendly installs, etc. And of course - Easy Access database deployment!

MSI Installers

If you have a copy of Visual Studio – there is a Setup type project, which can help to build MSI package. Else you can use wItem Installer (aka Installer2Go), MAKEMSI or Wix.

Terminal server Install mode

If you install any application or library on terminal server – it is necessary to switch server to install mode, else your application or library could work only for one user, who installed it. In my case it was a setup executable with ActiveX controls and libraries for Access application. First I forgot about Install mode, and other user had strange errors running acitvex controls, even saying “you do not have license to run this control”. This blog post explains why it is important.

How to deploy Access 2003 runtime with SP2/SP3 applied

Tony Toews, Access MVP, mentioned this post - Nested msi with custom action : msp file.

Update: Sascha Trowitzsch, Access MVP, have written a tutorial on how to create the patched runtime.